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EOFY tips for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... TLE, you can potentially turn a substantial taxable profit into a tax loss. This only works for companies but not sole traders," he said. The Australian Tax Office classifies a small business as one with a turnover of less than $10 million. "So, a company ...

ASIC fines trading firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... participant on 28 January 2019 until 4 June 2020. In addition, the MFP believed Life Trading's framework for the supervision of traders was under-resourced, uncoordinated and undocumented for that period. "Life Trading's compliance culture throughout ...

LIBOR phased out by year end

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... trader confirm that the LIBOR fixing process had essentially become a cartel. Messages were filed in court that showed traders blatantly discussing manipulating the LIBOR rate to the advantage of hedge funds. The scandal also resulted in US homeowners ...

How noise impacts trading performance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... Business School associate professors Elise Payzan-LeNestour and James Doran looked at how ambient sound affects financial traders' abilities to perceive financial risks. The researchers interviewed professional traders and conducted three laboratory ...

UBS, Nomura cop fines over bond cartel

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... during the GFC. EC says the three investment banks breached antitrust rules through the participation of a group of their traders in a cartel in the primary and secondary market for European Government Bonds (EGB). EC says EGB traders from the seven ...

Westpac to face court over insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... history. It is alleged Westpac knew this by way of inside information and, when the market opened at 8.30am, Westpac's traders acquired and dumped interest rate derivatives to pre-position Westpac in anticipation of the transaction which was completed ...

Trading platform names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... Andrew Ward, have done a fantastic job in building a fast-growing business with a trusted brand, an engaged community of traders and an innovative product offering." During 2021, SelfWealth recorded its highest number of client registrations, more than ...

Investor population rises for global equities

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... Guiamatsia. As a result, the demand for international shares rose substantially with the number of active international share traders in Australia doubling to nearly 110,000 throughout 2020. "The spectacular recovery witnessed by US stocks in the second ...

OpenMarkets raises $10m, moves up ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... have experienced a massive injection of energy and capital flows in recent years, especially with the influx of online traders who want rapid access to markets via digital and more affordable channels," he said. "This type of access is exactly what we ...

ASIC extends olive branch to inside traders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
ASIC is encouraging people to dob in others who worked with them on market manipulation, insider trading or dishonest conduct in financial services - in exchange for immunity. ASIC says it can offer such individuals immunity from civil proceedings ...